alla

In a sentence

• Me lähme trepist alla.

  We are going down the stairs.

  Here, 'alla' is used as an adverb indicating direction, meaning 'down'.

• Auto lükkas postile alla.

  The car knocked down a pole.

  Here, 'alla' is used as a part of the structure to indicate the downward movement of an object.

• Plaanid kirjutasime paberile alla.

  We wrote the plans down on the paper.

  Here, 'alla' metaphorically means 'down' in terms of laying or setting plans onto paper.